The dogma of western democracy: where did it all come from?

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Syria-Mesopotamia-

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Mecca-’its inclusion within the history of democracy seems preposterous, but to ignore the supporting evidence is to pander to the prejudice that democracy is purely a western-ultimately Greek-invention.’

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( p128: The life and death of democracy)

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Professor John Keane –a seminal and radical book

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Keane cites : universalism and inclusivity of islam, rules of justice and law, social institutions, business partnerships, consultation